The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
4:29 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.21° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.25° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.